The life I’ve always wanted
I guess I’ll never have
I’ll be working for somebody else
Until I’m in my grave
I’ll be dreaming of a live of ease
And mountains
Oh mountains o’ things
- tracy chapman

There are always a couple rules worth mentioning. First, there is always something else to buy. Second if you are providing services to a guy who writes about it . . . well, something is bound to go haywire! LOL!On the first point I ran to Rutabaga & REI last night to finish up some last minute things. a bit of foam, D-rings and adhesives to do some last minute customization. I replaced my GPS which had died. Sorry Garmin, but your quality control is really in the dumper. Anyway there are reasons to pay the extra $30 for extended warranties. In addition I needed a new emergency becon, some freeze dried meals, a new water filter and all sorts of other little bits and bobs. Of course the best part of my shopping day was having Darren K at Rutabaga introduce me to the term “Monkey Butt”. A condition that apparently calls for repeated applications of Gold Bond who’s new tag line is “Powder your Equipment!”

Today, I should be running down to pick up my Rockpool Alaw Bach in Chicago. Now to say “the anticipation is killing me” is a total understatement. Thing was, somehow I managed not to get the contact information for the shipping agent on our end. So I called the shipping airline and they said call the airport who said call the shipping airline. Yarg! Luckily Nicole at Trans Global came to my rescue first thing this morning. I had told her call me right off, and being in the UK she was still kind enough to wait until 8am my time not to wake me up too early. Nice lady. LOL. So right now I’m waiting for the Chicago office of Shipco to open so I can call and figure out where the hell in the little city of the Chicago O’hare airport my poor lonely kayak is being held. I’m sure my baby is scared and nervous having to spend a night alone there. Well, I’ll make it up to her, I promise.

oh and did I mention the battery on my VHF suddenly died?? Ahh, life!

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